- 5.1 (and probably other multi-channel configurations) channel mappings still wrong- I saw that qtaacenc silently ignores unknown parameters. I think that is a very bad idea, a small typo can give you sleepless nights, trying to figure out what you are doing wrong.

The command line looks well to me. So I just hope that qtaacenc will accept forced-quoted filenames. Unfortunately, the error message is so brief that I don't know which input filename qtaacenc is looking for and failing.

Hey, I was just wondering, how the qtaacenc project is. I haven't seen updates for a couple of months.

Also, I'd like to know, how well qtaacenc deals with very large files, in the order of of 5GB for a 16bits/sample, 2 channel, 44.1kHz WAV PCM file. I tried using lame 3.98 and it seems it has some problems with that when creating MP3 files (I ended up using another encoder). Does qtaacenc have such a limitation?

The Microsoft RIFF WAV file itself has the limitation. It has a header field of only 32 bit storing the size of the "data" chunk, so any application relying on this header entry has to fail. Therefore some support an "--ignorelength" parameter (useful for piping too, where the header cannot contain valid data before the file was finished), or an extended fileformat "w64".

I've just installed iTunes for the first time. Never had QuickTime installed either. (Windows 7, 32 bit). The current iTunes 10.5.2 does not require QuickTime so I didn't install it. Qtaacenc does not work. Is it possible to make it work using CoreAudioToolbox and whatever else would be needed for encoding without QuickTime? Or does QuickTime have something better than CoreAudioToolbox so it's beneficial to install? I managed to rip and encode ~10 CDs in iTunes to aac/m4a without any issues, so I know Apple does not require QT for encoding any more. I got qaac working via fb2k; are there any advantages to qtaacenc? Thanks.

Thanks but not exactly what I wanted to know. I should have been more clear. Is there currently any advantage to using QuickTime as an encoder instead of iTunes? Apparently that used to be the case, from what I've read here. Now that QuickTime is separate from iTunes, is there any reason to install it for encoding, or is iTunes functionally identical? (Maybe this question should be a new thread).

Thanks but not exactly what I wanted to know. I should have been more clear. Is there currently any advantage to using QuickTime as an encoder instead of iTunes?

In Windows, SDK for QuickTime is provided by Apple. However, Apple Application Support is currently just an porting layer used internally by Apple products, and there's no SDK for developers or something.Therefore, using CoreAudioToolbox from external program is at least some kind of hack, and I don't know if it is the right thing to do (Though qaac is exactly doing it).

Looks like I'm still not making myself clear although we're getting closer.

Using fb2k as a front end for encoding, not iTunes, is there currently an advantage to using qtaacenc/QuickTime over qaac/CoreAudioToolbox? Or do they ultimately end up using the same Apple encoder somehow?

I would prefer not to install QT in addition to iTunes, which I only installed due to a new iPhone.

Now this has a few perks over the batch script:Try's to run installed 7-zip if possible automatically, followed by in folder 7-zip...if all else fails it asks you to locate 7-zip.Try's to run in folder Installer if possible, failing that it'll ask you to browse to your preferred installer.Try's to run more or less silently if possible, with only an icon displayed in the SystemTray till the completed dialog pops up.

These are very minor improvements over the original batch script...so no need to replace it, unless your just curious.

How to avoid resampling to 48k?I have one album, mostly acoustic instruments, and using tvbr 67 profile to encode it - ending in unusually high bitrates (130-160 kbit) and album is resampled to 48 kHz.Why? Input is FLAC image of the album.I've searched the forum but couldn't find any info.Additionally, if I force it to encode with --samplerate 44100, is the encoder doing resampling twice? When I turn on "keep" option, it resamples to 48k.

Take ownership of folder, subfolders and files of that C:\Music folder.

Tried that and the foobar icon still shows up with the little lock on it in the left corner. If I encode directly into my C:\users\* folder I get no issues and no stupid locks on the foobar icons. I'm stumped. Not sure what that lock on the icon even means, but it's annoying.